E-Cigs Should Be Off-Limits To Children

September 19, 2013|Letter to the editor

Why can a child buy e-cigarettes when the legal age to buy regular cigarettes is still 18? Although tobacco is not an ingredient in e-cigarettes, the drug nicotine, which is the addictive component in tobacco, is.

The flavors offered by companies promoting the sale of e-cigarettes are also a problem. They may not be directly trying to sell to children under 18, but the companies using childhood flavors that are well known by kids in elementary/junior high school.

As our country strives to obtain healthier lifestyles, we should be discouraging our children from any kind of smoking material.